Kamaz

The Russian company Kamaz (also Kamas, Russian OAO КАМАЗ / OAO Kamas, abbreviation for Камский автомобильный завод / Kamski awtomobilny zavod ) is located in the industrial city of Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, near the Kama Dam. ( Nefaz - НефАЗ ) Here and diesel engines, buses will be except trucks and tanks produced.

History

Mid -1960s was the Soviet Union a high demand for medium-duty trucks that could not be met from our own production. For this reason, a complete production plant was put into operation in 1976, which was built within five years. 70 % of the required equipment had to be imported. The determined with a computer analysis of optimal production location was Naberezhnye Chelny. Meanwhile, the production complex comprises ten large special plants with a capacity of up to 65,000 trucks, 1,000 buses and up to 75,000 diesel engines per year. Thus, the Kamaz -Werke one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturer worldwide were.

Before the large-scale production began, 24 prototypes were built before in the Moscow Engineering Institute IA Likhachev that were configured in the central Soviet vehicle planning and development institute NAMI and tested in a variety of Soviet air areas such as Siberia, the Urals and the hot southern republics for their practicality and durability. The engines were developed centrally in the Soviet Yaroslavl plants. The test pattern looked in particular in the cab's design still different from the later series trucks. Three models were first put into production. A flatbed ( model identifier 5320 ), a tractor ( model identifier 5410 ) and a dump truck ( model identifier 5511 ) - all three axis respectively as variants.

On February 16, 1976, the first Kamaz - series truck rolled off the line and in 1977 began large-scale production. Thus began exactly a week before the XXV. Congress of the CPSU series production. In the first year, 22,000 trucks were produced in the weight class 8-20 tons so until October 1976 and 15,000 by December. This truck had 210 hp and later turbocharged 260 hp. The vehicles were very common until the early 1990s throughout the COMECON area. The engines were also supplied to other truck manufacturers such as ZIL, Uralski Awtomobilny Sawod and LIAZ. The plan was to produce 150,000 vehicles and 250,000 engines a year. In February 1985, a production assembly was set up in Cuba. Even under the name Altkam trucks were built. In October 1988, the one millionth truck in Naberezhnye Chelny plant rolled off the line. On August 23, 1990, the company became the first in the Soviet Union in a corporation. 1992, Cummins engines were used, with their own engines were built until 1995. In that year, the complete motors plant was destroyed by fire. Now Cummins six-cylinder engines with up to 400 hp, a multi-fuel engine, Eaton transmissions and cabs Sisu were used. ZF also supplied gearbox and Rockwell axles.

With the political changes in Eastern Europe also changed the conditions of production. Kamaz came in 1998 to the brink of ruin. 1999 Kamaz received a loan of more than $ 100 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD ). Despite the cut-away sales market could be built by August 1993 still 1.5 million and August 1999 a total of 1.6 million trucks. In 2000, only 5,000 trucks were added and Cummins and ZF no longer delivered. Orders came from the military and now own V - 8 engines were installed in these trucks. The civilian types now received Caterpillar engines. By 2003, a total of around 2.3 million of its own and foreign diesel engines left the factory. The vehicles are still widely used in the CIS countries and are exported worldwide in about 30 countries according to factory specifications.

On December 12, 2008, Daimler AG acquired 10% of Kamaz shares from Troika Dialog Holding. An increase of up to 43 % of the contribution is planned for positive economic development. Daimler will also receive a seat on the board as well as far-reaching influence on the further development and modernization of the model series.

In October 2009 it was announced that Daimler and Kamaz want to work more closely together, it is a community project to be developed. So Mercedes trucks are produced in a Kamaz plant. Likewise, to be sold through the company, products of Mercedes -Benz and Setra buses. The sales and service network will be expanded over Kamaz dealer. Daimler's Japanese subsidiary Fuso will also build trucks in Nabereschnye Chelny. Was called the Fuso Canter. The goal here is to increase the share of Russian suppliers and Russian components produced gradually and an overall strengthening of the presence of Mercedes -Benz and cooperation with Kamaz in Russia.

Production sites

• Trucks: Naberezhnye Chelny
• Buses: Neftekamsk

The Kamaz Group

To Kamaz Group includes over 110 subsidiaries and associated companies. Furthermore, Kamaz is involved in approximately 50 companies. Include, inter alia, to the group:

• Automotive plant Naberezhnye Chelny
• Automotive plant Neftekamsk ( Nefaz )
• Kamaz - metallurgy
• Foundry and stamping
• Kamaz diesel
• Kamaz Remdiesel
• Kamaz Technical Service
• Trade and finance companies Kamaz
• KIP Master
• Scientific and Technical Centre of Kamaz
• Kamaz Spezialinstrumentenbau

Models

• KAMAZ 4320: Flatbed, old model
• KAMAZ 5320: Flatbed (some with loading crane LDK 12/6, 3)
• KAMAZ 5410
• KAMAZ 5460: Tractor
• KAMAZ 5511
• KAMAZ 65115
• KAMAZ 6520: Tipper
• KAMAZ 43253: Flatbed
• KAMAZ 49252
• KAMAZ 49256
• KAMAZ 4911: Sport -Truck
• NEFAZ 5299: public transport bus
• NEFAZ 52991: Coach

Passenger cars

On December 21, 1987 Kamaz started the production of the small car Oka. The marketing was done by 16 March 1990 under the brand name of Kama and the model designation 1111. Until that time, 1000 vehicles were created. From this time carried out by the marketing Lada and Seas.

Motorsport

At the Dakar Rally the work with up to three T4 - category vehicles took part. This KAMAZ took in the truck Ranking in the years 1996, 2000, 2002-2006, 2009-2011, and 2013 and 2014 each of the first rank.

Victories at the Dakar Rally

Other successes

Rustam Minnikhanov, the Prime Minister of Tatarstan, is enthusiastic in his spare time racing driver and won the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 with a factory KAMAZ - 4911 truck the UAE Desert Challenge in the United Arab Emirates. In 2005, he was unable to attend this rally raid after a broken leg.